Pneumatic necktie



K.ALL|SON. PNEUMATIC NECKTIE. APPLICATION FILED 1AN..15, 1920.

Patented July 20, 1920.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOSEPH K. ALLISON, F IOWA FALLS, IOWA.

PNEUMATIC NECKTIE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 20, 1920.

T 0 all whom it may concern.'

Be it known that I, JOSEPH K. ALLrsoN,

A a citizen of the United States of America,

residing at lowa Falls, in the county of Hardin and State of Iowa, have invented new and useful Improvements in Pneumatic Neckties, cf which the following is a specification. y

The object of the invention i's to provide a necktie of the makeup type as of the fourin-hand form wherein a smooth and neat appearance thereof may be maintained or reproduced after protracted use of the tie, without the necessity of laundrying or pressing the same and hence without the incidental inconvenience of disconnecting the parts of the same or removing them from their supporting cards or backing elements, and with this object in view the invention consists in a construction and combination of parts of which a preferred embodiment is shown in the drawings wherein:

Figure l is a front view of the tie.

Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view of the same.

Fig. 3 is a detail view of the collar button clamp and inflation valve.

The tie consists essentially of abase or back 10 of cardboard or similar relatively lstiff material to which is attached the fabric facing 11 representing the tie proper and also carrying the tabs 12 for engagement vith the collar of the wearer, and interposed between the base or backing and the facing is an inflatable sack or lining 13 of rubber or similar flexible material adapted for holding air which may be introduced through the inflation tube 14; fitted with a flap valve 15, said tube being in the form of a hollow rivet as shown clearly in Fig.

2 to serve as a means of attachment to the base or backing 10 of the collar button clamp 16. As shown the fabric facing material should be attached at its edges to the base or backing (see Fig. Q) to the end that it serves as a means of limiting the inflation of the sack or bulb 13, and at suitable points the facing may be provided with pads 17 for engagement by cravat pins or the like without involving the puncturing of the sack.

Obviously when the tie becomes rumpled or creased it may be restored to its original condition by reinflation to the end that the facing material is held in proper shape determined by its points of attachment to the base or backing, and furthermore it is ol vious that the facing material may be renewed or re alaced from timeto time to vary the appearance of the tie or to correspond with changes in the styles thereof or to suit the taste of the wearer.

What is claimed is:

1. A necktie having a base or backing and a flexible facing carried thereby, and an inflatable sack or lining interposed between said base or backing and the facing.

2. necktie having a base or backing and a fabric facing secured at its edges to the base or backing7 and an inflatable sack or lining interposed between said elements, the facing being provided with a pad for engagement by a cravat pin.

A necktie vhaving a base or backing and a fabric facing carried thereby, an inflatable sack. or lining interposed between the base and said facing, and a valve inflation tube mounted in the base or backing and carrying a collar button clamp.

ln testimony whereof I affix my signature.

JOSEPH K. ALLISON. 

